[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1356 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1356

   To clarify that certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay 
Reform Act of 2014 will not take effect until after the Director of the 
    Office of Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective 
                regulations relating to such provisions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2015

   Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Carper) 
 introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read 
                       the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
   To clarify that certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay 
Reform Act of 2014 will not take effect until after the Director of the 
    Office of Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective 
                regulations relating to such provisions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-277) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) Effective Dates.--Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (g), and the 
amendments made by such subsections, shall take effect on the first day 
of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2016, except 
that--
            ``(1) any provision in section 5550(b) of title 5, United 
        States Code, as added by subsection (b), relating to 
        administering elections and making advance assignments to a 
        regular tour of duty, shall be applicable before such effective 
        date to the extent determined necessary by the Director of the 
        Office of Personnel Management; and
            ``(2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
        may issue such regulations as may be necessary before such 
        effective date.''.
    (b) Retroactive Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to have been enacted on the date of the enactment of 
the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014.
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